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Tracking the Terrorists Online
Anti-Globalism points out a story at the German magazine Spiegel profiling two small US companies that monitor terrorist networks online — IntelCenter and SITE Intelgroup. "[Founders of the two companies] Venzke and Devon are two of the most prominent 'terror trackers' worldwide. In the United States, and increasingly in other countries, the term refers to a community of people who spend their days analyzing traces that al-Qaida and affiliated organizations leave behind, especially on the Internet. The two Americans are essentially digital trackers in the age of globalized terrorism. IntelCenter and SITE Intelgroup are the companies that Venzke and Devon, respectively, have founded. They enjoy a strong reputation within the relatively small community of terrorism experts. Beyond that, though, they are virtually unknown ..."
I'm as sure as I can be that our founding fathers would be 'terrorists' to the british, some 200+ yrs ago.
it IS highly relative. sometimes a revolution IS needed. and yes, it might require some non-polite actions to shake things up.
what if our current government is in NEED of a re-boot (so to speak)? isn't it our duty to keep the gov on the up-and-up? the gov is mostly broken now and if there was ever a need for a rebirth, its now.
problem is, anyone who, with good intentions, wants to bring about change - he'll be called a terr-a-wrist(tm) and locked away forever.
it really is relative. crooked governments (like most of the world, today) hate a shake-up and so ALL citizen groups that try to regain a balance of power will be snuffed out as 'bad guys'.
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"It is now safe to switch off your computer."
These guys are just getting the amateurs as they play spy games. But a dollar is a dollar if someone wants to pay you.
Know of any others that can do significantly better?
Sometimes the smart choice is to do nothing at all.
Cue apoplexy.
When information is power, privacy is freedom.